The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-08

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zach fsrnsrsH1sktute held in the
Sss.e b6tsAdd53o the forte g thea
6faa1, nerease5
the : intefest in them. We had the
good fortune to attend the one held at
Lexington last week and which was
presided, over with ability bg, Rz9f
I. Wright. The programme was
good andEthe zessaysEand- speeches
were good, and the Alivelisst interest
was manifested blythe areiowdd
ladies and gentlemen present. David.
son Il naturally. one OF the first coun.
tiissof tie a stase,, ana. and when bel. her sturdy
substantials population shall become
thenonghlr awakened TO the splendid
capabinties Of their. county and. sh6ll
puts their heads,l hearts and handyto2
,get dhssg;f the grand grand deyys1eopinns
them, then will they be strong indeeds
We were delighted to fndin the town
a Canning establishment, owned and
operated by the HanesH Canning 60.
This Company, grew its oynstomaatoeess
and the operations this season r CON
fnedto that vegetable, butathey cons
template enlarging' the capacity and
win put up apples. = peaches pears,
backberries and other small fruits.
We.pronounce their goods of the very
best quality andathey are put up in
the neatest marketable styles North
Carolina should have, today at least
one thousand similar establishments
running in full blast. o We need and
must have petty industrious asohere our
population of CONSUMERS can be changed
into producers. 80
The farmers, their wives, sons and
daughters in eastern Wake turned out
en- naasse on the lst inst. and had a
genuine o1d-fashioned good time at
Hepzibah church. The writer, DR..
w. G. Lewis, Capt, c. M, Cook, Mr..
w. G.. Upchurch and Mr. w. H. Ham
ton addressed the large crowd. A
good dinner and the best Of good
humor made it a most enjoyable occa-
sion. The farmers in that section be
ieve in cooperative, effort and they
are practicing it, They are organized
and are determined to maove. -
At Warrenton, the home Of refine
ment and culture and the center
of an intelligent population, we found
a large crowd in attendance on. their
first farmers institute. We greatly
regret that we, could spend but one
day with them. J., MI. Elias Carr read
a splendid paper, full of sound sense
and practical suggestions on the neces-
sit, Of diversiication of crops. TWAS
Shappy and fortunate thing that the
Management should have secured such
apaper from such a man, on such a sub
ject, apd from such a county as Edge
combe, It is the leading cotton county
in the State and Mr. Carr is one Of it's
leading farmers and his opinion is al
ways respected, but on this particular
subject it struck the, crowd with pecu-
liar force. Mr.. VIC. Upchurch gave
one of his practical and sound talks
and elected quite number of ques,
tions froms the audience which gave
| great interest and value to his speech.
He too is one Of our largest and most
successful farmers and produces az
much cotton per acre as perhaps any
man in the State, but he cordially in.
dorsed the position Of Mr.: Carr on the
matter of home supplies And this
is the slogan of the farmers movement
-rasse iyour oaoa supplies at home, and
we intend, with the helplof the good
men Of the State, to keep it up, until
we Danish western bacon, western
-four, western corn, western hay and
foreignifertilizers from our State. Il
our farmers will raise their own sup
plies at home for ten years, we viii be